Low cost carrier Air Arabia will start flights to Kabul, Afghanistan from December 16, the airline said on Sunday. The route, which will operate four times a week, is the airline’s 66th route across three hubs. Kabul is said to be the first among several future destinations in Afghanistan.

Last week the Sharjah-based airline posted a 5.6 percent decline in net profit for the third quarter, beating analysts’ forecast, reporting a net profit of AED136m ($37.03m) for the three months to September 30, 2010, down from AED144m for the same period a year earlier.